Realidades 1: Gramática 4B.1 Boot Verb: jugar- to play (u:ue)

Use the verb ​ " (a)   " to talk about playing a sport or a game—not for playing an instrument.​

Even though jugar uses the same endings as other –ar verbs, it has different (a)   in some forms.

Why does Spanish have stem-changing _(boot) verbs?

• To create more irregular verbs in the language.
• To differentiate between formal and informal.

• To simplify verb conjugation.

• To maintain ease of pronunciation by creating "new" or "soften" vowel sounds.

English has 5 vowel, however, each vowel can make more than one sound.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

English has long and short vowels.

The 'a' in "at" is short

The 'a' in "ate" is long

Since Spanish only has 5 vowel sounds, "new" sounds are created by:

a. ​ (a)   2 vowels to create a "new" or "softened" vowel

b. ​ (b)   a vowel with a stronger/weaker vowel

• combining
• replacing

Categorize each vowel as a strong or weak vowel:

Groups:

(a) STRONG vowel

,

(b) weak vowel

• u

• e

• é

• o

• i

• í

• a

• ó

• ú

• á

What are the steps to conjugating a stem-changing _(boot) verb:

• Find the stem of your verb

  jugar → jug-

• Note the type of stem-change

  u → ue

• Change the last vowel in the stem inside the boot

  jug- → jueg-

• Conjugate using the regular endings

  yo juego

Conjugate the verb

jugar: to play

a

b

c

d

e

f

juego

juegas

jugáis

jugamos

juega

juegan

Conjugate:

Julia y Violeta

(a)  

Conjugate:

yo

(a)